David Manolopoulos

David Eusthatios Manolopoulos has established himself as a leading figure in theoretical chemistry and computational modeling at the University of Oxford. Born on December 14, 1961, he completed his BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University in 1984 and earned his Ph.D. under David Clary in 1988. His career path led him from postdoctoral work at the University of Texas at Austin to lectureships at the University of Nottingham (1990) and Oxford University (1995), where he became Professor of Theoretical Chemistry in 2005. His groundbreaking research focuses on computational modeling of elementary chemical reactions and quantum mechanical effects in chemical dynamics, with significant contributions to path integral approaches in molecular dynamics, fullerenes, ring polymers, and reactive scattering. His exceptional work has earned him numerous prestigious awards, including the Marlow Medal (1995), Corday-Morgan Medal (1997), Chemical Dynamics Award (2009), and the Annual Prize of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2000). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2011 and Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science in 2013. Since 2008, he has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics, advancing to Deputy Editor in 2015